A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of CouPLES: A spouse-assisted lifestyle change intervention to improve low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-52

  Voils, Corrine I ^a,b   Coffman, Cynthia J ^a,b   Yancy, William S ^a,b   Weinberger, Morris ^a,c   Jeffreys, Amy S ^a   Datta, Santanu ^a,b   Kovac, Stacey ^a   McKenzie, Jamiyla ^a   Smith, Rose ^a   Bosworth, Hayden B ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Compliance; Intervention; Randomized controlled trial; Social support

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPOUSE; TELECONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPOBETALIPOPROTEINEMIAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84871953016     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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